Base Operating DRG Amount

SAS Name
BASE_OPRTG_DRG_AMT

The sum of the claim base operating DRG amounts reported on the claims that comprise the stay.

Comments

This field was new in 2011.

This field is derived by accumulating the Claim Base Operating DRG amount (CLM-BASE-OPRTG-DRGAMT) that is present on any of the claim records included in the stay (i.e., the sum of the claim base operating DRG amounts reported on the claims that comprise the stay).

The base operating DRG amount used to identify the wage adjusted DRG operating payment plus the new technology add-on payment.

Source: NCH